MONROE - A protest against Kiryas Joel's construction of a pipeline that would allow the village to tap the Catskill Aqueduct was suspended Wednesday afternoon, when work crews installing the pipeline quit for the day.

Orange County Legislator Roxanne Donnery had initiated the demonstration Wednesday morning, parking her car in the path of construction along County Route 44 in an attempt to slow or halt work on the pipeline. She was joined by Woodbury Supervisor John Burke and state Assemblyman James Skoufis a few feet from crews who were preparing lengths of pipe to be installed in the ground.

Police agencies responded to the scene, but no one appeared to have been charged with any wrongdoing. The protest ended about 2:30 p.m. when crews stopped working for the day.

Donnery said she was protesting County Executive Ed Diana's failure to enforce a resolution the county Legislature passed Friday to block the construction until the village secures permits it needs from the state and New York City for its planned Catskill Aqueduct connection. Donnery, who has announced she is running for county executive, said that Diana has not returned numerous phone calls.

The county had already issued a permit allowing the pipeline work on county roads before the resolution was passed. Kiryas Joel recently began building the pipeline, which is planned to run 13.5 miles through Woodbury and Cornwall and tap New York City's water tunnel in New Windsor.